Химический факультет ЮФУ, Chemistry department at Southern Federal University in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

The Chemistry Faculty of Southern Federal University is one of the university's faculties, founded in 1931 and now headed by E. A. Raspopova. It comprises six departments, including analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical and colloid chemistry named after Prof. V. A. Kogan, and electrochemistry, plus a base NMR spectroscopy laboratory. It trains bachelors, specialists and masters across 11 specialisations and runs postgraduate studies in five chemical sciences.

The department was founded in 1931 and has trained generations of chemists and researchers over the decades. Its development reflects the scientific and social changes that shaped the country during that period.

The faculty runs the Don Centre for Chemical Education and the Natural Science Museum of Innovations. Its name honours Professor V. A. Kogan, after whom the Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry is named. Twelve of its staff appear in the current Who's Who in Russian Science list of most-cited Russian scientists.

The faculty sits on Zorge Street in Rostov-on-Don and is a working university department, not a museum, so access to laboratories depends on prior arrangement with the faculty. Its six chairs cover analytical, general and inorganic, organic, physical and colloidal, natural and high-molecular compounds, and electrochemistry.

Twelve staff members of the faculty appear in the current list of Russia's most cited scientists, "Who's Who in Russian Science", compiled by natural-science experts with Scientific.ru. The faculty also runs the Don Centre for Chemical Education and the Natural Science Museum of Innovations, and hosts a core NMR spectroscopy laboratory.